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Māori taonga humbles South Wairarapa District Mayor

POSTED ON: 25 October 2024 | IN: News, Media Releases

A Māori kākahu (cloak) gifted to South Wairarapa District Council this week represents a powerful symbolic gesture from the original mana whenua (people of the land) of Martinborough, says Mayor Martin…

Consultation closes on Rating Policies Review

POSTED ON: 18 October 2023 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Councils Rating Policies Review consultation has now closed. The proposal asked for feedback on a group of our financial policies as required under Section 102 of the…

High score for new South Wairarapa Sports and Recreation Service

POSTED ON: 11 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council is delighted to invite sports minded groups and individuals to put their best foot forward with an Expression of Interest to spearhead transformational change in people’s…

Council and Wellington Free Ambulance boost community resilience

POSTED ON: 11 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council (SWDC) is humbled to have worked closely with Wellington Free Ambulance to install new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) throughout 2025 and 2024, which strengthens communities across…

Reception and libraries to open late on Thursday 10 July

POSTED ON: 8 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Council reception (currently based out of Martinborough Library) and the Featherston Library, Greytown Library and Martinborough Library will open at 11am on Thursday 10 July, due to an all staff…

Wheels Park rolls into action in July

POSTED ON: 4 July 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

South Wairarapa District Council’s Community Operations Team is excited to announce a start date for phase one for the construction of Greytown Wheels Park of late July. The Wheels Park…

Correction to information in Strategy Working Committee report

POSTED ON: 3 July 2025 | IN: Notices & Updates

South Wairarapa District Council would like to make a correction to information published in its 2 July 2025 Strategy Working Committee (SWC) paper, and subsequently reported on in the 1…

New South Wairarapa District Council Libraries structure in place

POSTED ON: 2 July 2025 | IN: Media Releases, Notices & Updates

South Wairarapa District Council has recently concluded a process to review the library structure to ensure it is fit-for-purpose to deliver high-quality service to customers across the Greytown, Featherston and…

Featherston road closure on Revans Street

POSTED ON: 2 July 2025 | IN: News, Notices & Updates

Revans Street in Featherston is scheduled to be closed for three days between Monday 14 July and Wednesday 16 July from 7am to 5pm. The road will be usable outside…

Notice of 2025 Triennial Local Authority Elections and Poll

POSTED ON: 1 July 2025 | IN: Notices & Updates

The following elections and poll will be held by postal vote on Saturday 11 October 2025. South Wairarapa District Council (First Past the Post electoral system) Election of the mayorElection…

Rates search tool currently unavailable

POSTED ON: 1 July 2025 | IN: Notices & Updates

This function is temporarily unavailable while we update the rates for the new financial year. We anticipate the updated version will be available by approximately the 18th of July 2025.…

Coastal dumping site cleared by Council at cost to ratepayers

POSTED ON: 27 June 2025 | IN: News, Media Releases

Over 26 tonnes of illegally dumped waste has been cleared from a site along the South Wairarapa coast at an enormous cost to the Council and ratepayers. The work took…